Pen-fountain



(No Model.)

J. S. WOOD.

PEN FOUNTAIN. No. 359,702 Patented Mar. 22, 1 887 8615?? 3 jaw??? N. Frrzns mmmmn w. Washhxgkm. 0. c.

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JOH\ S. XVOOD, OF OAK PARK, ILLINOIS.

PEN FOUNTAIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,702, dated March 22, 1887.

Serial No. 194,444. (No model) To (4% whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN S. 001), residing at Oak Park, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful device to which ordinary writingpens may be attached for the purpose of facilitating the act ofwriting, of which the following is a speci iication.

My invention is an improved ink-fountain for pens. Icall it the pen-fountain. It comprises the receptacle and the absorbent, both hereinafter to be described.

The object of the invention is to hold a desirable supply of ink to an ordinary writingpen, and thus avoid the frequent dipping into the ink and the evils of blotting and dripping it about. These objects I attain by the peni'ount, which the accompanying drawings illus trate as a part of this specification. There are also sundry attachments represented, so as to enable any person to construct the same and to use it.

The receptacle is a case of peculiar form, made of metal, rubber, or other proper material, and designed to contain the absorbent. This latter is made of any fine elastic openwork fabric which, by its adhesive properties, when saturated, will hold the ink from its tendency to form into globules, and at the same time admit its free flow to the pen.

Figure 1 represents a section of the penfount with an ordinary pen-holder attached. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of it with both pen and pen-holder attached. Fig. 3 is atop view of it; and Fig. 4 shows how the ferrule of a pen-holder or other suitable tube may be attached to the receptacle, so as to enlarge it to anydcsirablc capacity.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout.

Letter A represents the receptacle proper, its tapering form, and flattened and small atthe point a.

Letter B shows the absorbent protruding above the receptacle A. This last, A, is made with a shank, and has a slot or sluice, b, in its upper side, or side next the pen when applied. This slot tapers to a point, where its Through the slot 2) the saturated absorbent is allowed to protrude, so as to come in actual contact with the concave surface of a pen when attached, and through it the lower part of the absorbent may be inserted and removed when necessary. It also gives ample place for capillary action.

The absorbent should be moist when inserted and fill the receptacle, buttery loosely. I prefer an absorbent in two sections, the upper section made of loose shreds and inserted through the top of'the tube or ferrule, the style being removed for this purpose, and it should come down quite to the slot 2), the lower section made of several folds of the aforesaid fabric and stitched together and inserted through the said slot, the seam and fibrous edges to be placed along the bottom of the receptacle and come in contact with the upper section.

The pen, when adjusted to the pe'n-fount, should extend about one-eighth of an inch below it and come in contact with the absorbent, as above stated. Care must be taken that the points of the pen be not separated by the pressure. Now, if the absorbent be moist and set in ink for a few minutes, it will become saturated, and one may write without dipping into or dribbling the ink as long as is consistent with its capacity, and use a liinpid ink, for if viscid it will clog up. If the point of the pen becomes dry, a few slight taps will cause the ink to flow again.

I show the receptacle in a variety of forms, but prefer that shown in Fig. 4, with short round shank open on its upper side and fastened by its lower side inside a tube, and a pen to be crowded in opposite andheld in position by the elasticity of the shank, thus making the invention useful as a pen-fountain, a penholder, and a style-holder; yet I do not claim or ask for Letters Patent for any of these acccssories or varieties of form; nor do I claim the pen-fount asafountain-pen. Any one may utilizeitin making such apen. I make no claim to any construction or combination of devices in either T. B. Brigg s patent, No. 129,455, or J. R. Haights, No. 299,219; but I do claim that the pen-fount in and of itself is new, that it is simple and cheap, and consequently all the more useful. Therefore,

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The receptacle, as above described, made applied, all substantially as above described, and for the purposes set forth.

JOHN S. WOOD.

in tapering form and small and flattened at the point a, with its longitudinal slot b and deeplyserrated edges.

2. The absorbent B, in combination with the 5 receptacle A and adapted to it, and so constructed as to protrude slightly from the slot 12, so as to come in contact with a pen when In presence of- HENRY R. PnBBLEs, EDWARD E. FOX. 

